Re: bad superblock question

2005-10-09 Thread Mr. Darren
It would be nice if I could do that, it only says bad super block. Because there currently is no super block at the begining of the drive. The rest of the drive seems intact because fsck can run off the superblock at sector 32 and finish's. At no point does it make a new superblock where I shoul

Re: bad superblock question

2005-10-09 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Mr. Darren wrote: I know, however it isn't fixing the first sector, it uses the backup(already repaired it), and never at any point does it fix the original. As a result, I can't mount it and get it to boot up.. my /var is on this drive. and is rather important. repeatedl

Re: bad superblock question

2005-10-09 Thread Mr. Darren
I know, however it isn't fixing the first sector, it uses the backup(already repaired it), and never at any point does it fix the original. As a result, I can't mount it and get it to boot up.. my /var is on this drive. and is rather important. repeatedly running fsck, it just asks to use the b

bad superblock question

2005-10-09 Thread Mr. Darren
I had an ide cable go bad, the harddrive was unable to mount. I have since replaced the ide cable. when I fsck I use the alternative superblock at 32 I believe. How do I copy the alternative to the non-existant main? -Darren __ Yahoo!